@biarritz45.bsky.social
Have purposely avoided social media as long as possible. Time to speak up and get involved. So, hi everyone, pleasure to be here.
El-Sayed: "If all Mike Rogers got is that 'his name is Abdul, and my name is Mike,' you're gonna be surprised how many people are like, 'Yeah, but that's the Abdul who wants to bring down the price of my groceries and make sure I got healthcare. So yeah, I like Abdul over your Mike from Florida.'"
The fact that the Democratic senators are agreeing to a continuing resolution until Dec 11th with NO compromises for them is absolute political malpractice and head scratching. Why not even try to ban like…. The arch? Anything!
El-Sayed: "Once a government agency like ICE is told it has impunity to do the worst things and violate the highest law of the land, which is the Constitution itself, I don't think you can reform or retrain. I think we need to start from scratch ... I think we need to abolish it."
A 60 Minutes probe into Epstein's banking, with Wyden already interviewed, vanished right after Sharyn Alfonsi got pushed out under Bari Weiss. Wyden released a sweeping Senate report alleging several of the largest banks of having “been willing to turn a blind eye” to Epstein’s financial activity.
60 Minutes Epstein Banking Story Didn’t Air After Sharyn Alfonsi Exit, Dem Senator Claims
Wyden revealed he was interviewed for the show in a Senate report alleging the country's largest banks turned “a blind eye” to Epstein's financial activity
mediaite.com
bsky.app/profile/acyn... Lmao... El Sayed on Vance, ...'is that Peter Thiel 's boy?' 🎯 #vance #thiel
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 7h agoEl-Sayed on Vance: Is that Peter Thiel's boy with that Ohio charisma? The last thing that he said that made any sense was Hillbilly Elegy—after he said that Donald Trump had no business being president of anything. And then he decided to suck up to power.
El-Sayed on Vance: Is that Peter Thiel's boy with that Ohio charisma? The last thing that he said that made any sense was Hillbilly Elegy—after he said that Donald Trump had no business being president of anything. And then he decided to suck up to power.
There are more than 120,000 Flock surveillance cameras in 6,000 communities across the US. Carter Sherman speaks to Sanya Mansoor about the underground movement to take them down
Inside the vigilante movement destroying Flock cameras – Stateside with Kai and Carter
theguardian.com
Feel like there’s a market for a public surveillance and automated enforcement company that just doesn’t do this and just sends it to a municipal server that LA physically controls. Really seems to be a flock specific issue.
Nithya Raman@nithyaforthecity.bsky.social · 6d agoUnlike traditional traffic cameras, Flock cameras record every vehicle’s license plate, location, date and time, and capture images of the people in and around them. Flock uploads that data to a private nationwide network that federal immigration agencies have repeatedly accessed.
Meet Nomark (@nomark.project), the man on a mission to destroy every Flock camera in the United States. More than 120,000 Flock surveillance cameras have popped up in 6,000 communities across the US.
A massive Russian missile attack killed nearly two dozen people in Ukraine overnight. Such strikes have become almost routine this summer as Moscow looks to exploit a critical air defense shortage in Ukraine. https://to.pbs.org/4bRpyub
Russian missile attacks on Kyiv expose weakness in Ukraine's air defense
A massive Russian missile attack killed nearly two dozen people in Ukraine overnight. Such strikes have become almost routine this summer as Moscow looks to exploit a critical air defense shortage in ...
to.pbs.org
A Ukrainian MiG-29 carried out a precision bomb strike on a dam west of Shebekino in Russia's Belgorod region.
VERY BIG TOP NEWS TODAY 🔝 🔥 Wilberries warehouse in Aleksin hit! 🤩 Ufa refinery hit! 💔 Zelensky: At least 44 injured and 17 killed in the massive Russian strike on Kyiv and the Kyiv region. 1/8
Sweden's Supreme Court upheld the transfer to Ukraine of Caffa, a Russian shadow-fleet vessel accused of carrying grain from occupied Ukrainian territory. In June, a Swedish court seized the ship at Ukraine's request in a Russian war-crimes investigation, the first such ruling in Sweden. #Ukraine
Lt. Gen. @markhertling.bsky.social on the current state of the Russia-Ukraine war following the latest Russian strike on Kyiv: "Both of them are on their back feet, to be honest with you...and it's really troubling to see where this goes."
Anyone who purports to be a friend of Taiwan should be loudly demanding Ukraine be allowed to make Patriot missiles under license. US facilities are obviously insufficient for potential need & Ukraine is likely the lowest cost location possible to expand production
Europe has had years to avoid this situation and has just done nothing out of a mixture of selfishness, naivety and cowardice www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
After deadly Kyiv strike, Ukraine warns interceptor shortage is costing lives
Without Patriot interceptors, Ukraine's skies are wide open and people are fully exposed to Russia's missile barrages.
bbc.co.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... While it's good that the BBC is covering Russia's attacks on Ukrainian civilians but this false attempt at neutrality shows just what problems BBC News seems to be having these days - "Both sides have denied deliberately targeting civilians."
Russian strike kills 21 as Ukraine calls for interceptors
The Russia defence ministry said it had struck logistics hubs and supply centres in Kyiv and the surrounding region.
bbc.co.uk
Russia is bombing Ukraine at will. Trump is now hesitant in giving Ukraine missiles or missile plans to stop this slaughter. The U.S. stockpiles of missiles is being used against Gaza and Iran.
@cnn.com 17+ killed in Ukraine as Russia ramps up civilian strikes www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoum... #Ukraine #Russia #Kyiv #UkraineWar 8/5/2026
17+ killed in Ukraine as Russia ramps up civilian strikes
YouTube video by CNN
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We really need to resume active support of Ukraine, but with Trump obeying Putin's wish to back off and Hegseth's flagrant wasting of our own munitions it's difficult. 🤬 #ProudBlue
Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social · 15h agoIt’s bad. Ukraine is still effectively hitting both inside Russia and occupied Crimea almost daily, but Putin (as usual) is targeting population centers instead of legitimate military targets.
Trump is evil and helping Russia! So much for humanity and America first . 🤬
Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social · 12h ago17+ people were killed and over 40 injured in deadly Russian strikes on Kyiv. Zelenskyy has pleaded for more air defence weapons, saying ballistic missile interceptors “could have saved the lives of those killed today.” Trump backtracked on his promise to let Ukraine manufacture missiles locally.
Trump changed his mind. In early July at the NATO summit in Ankara, he said Ukraine could make the Patriots. Later, at a cabinet meeting, he backtracked, saying the US hadn’t agreed and called giving the technology away “a hard thing.” Meanwhile, North Korean missile units are deploying in Russia.🔄
EXCLUSIVE: North Korean missile unit deploys in Russia for Ukraine war, Kyiv says
The missile unit could be equipped with 120 ballistic missiles and six launchers.
reuters.com
Today is one of those days that I feel helpless and so angry at the West. Russia is escalating its deadly missile attacks while Ukraine has barely any Patriot interceptors. Meanwhile it was just reported that NK is preparing to send a missile unit to Russia. WTF
As Russian Missiles Devastate Kyiv, North Korea Is Preparing to Send More
Yesterday, Russia launched another one of its massive and deadly attacks on Kyiv, firing 28 missiles, including 24 ballistic missiles and 4 Zircon cruise missiles, along with more than 100 drones.
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www.commondreams.org/news/aipac-2...
AIPAC’s 2026 Spending Tops $100 Million—Including $30 Million Against El-Sayed in Michigan | Common Dreams
AIPAC has spent at least $104.3 million during the 2026 election cycle—a figure that's "likely to swell before the midterms are through," notes a new analysis.
commondreams.org
Watching this catastrophe unfold live so the rest of us only have to digest 15-20 sec clips? @atrupar.com is doing God’s work while I sit here contemplating a full digital detox.😣 Give the man some combat pay at Venmo (@atrupar) or subscribe to publicnotice.co
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10h agoTrump: "When we took office, we inherited a total catastrophe"
Again folks, just need to keep pointing this out: the traditional corporate media covering politics essentially drove Biden out of the WH for this. ↘️
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9h agoTrump in Nevada: "Vote for Michael Whatley, by the way" (Whatley is running in North Carolina)
A new form of trickle down economics emerges.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9h agoLombardo on Trump: "When the press and media runs him down, they think about 'he's taking care of his billionaire friends.' But those billionaire friends provide jobs. And unless you take care of them, those jobs are absent."
i can’t help it, this is such a hysterically, comically corrupt fucking presidency, just comic book villain levels of cartoonish corruption
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9h agoLombardo on Trump: "When the press and media runs him down, they think about 'he's taking care of his billionaire friends.' But those billionaire friends provide jobs. And unless you take care of them, those jobs are absent."
Tommy T is legitimately perhaps the dumbest man to ever serve in the U.S. Senate, and while he may have gross fantasies about seceding into a New Confederacy, almost 30% of Alabama residents are non-white. Doubt that they want to be walled into a paranoid white nationalist garrison state.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11h agoTuberville: "If we don't straighten out this country's voting and immigration system, we're not gonna make it. It's gonna be over. I'm gonna go back to Alabama and hey, we might build a 30-foot wall around our state."
